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Article #1360Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:02
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:02
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In article <1992Dec23.235116.18812@husc3.harvard.edu> jiu1@husc11.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu) writes: >Who ever said Microsoft Windoze [3.1] is a fast performer? If you >want a fast GUI on the Intel platform, check out OS/2 2.x.... I do. OS/2 faster than Windows 3.1? Hmm that depends. You definitely take a hit when running Windows apps. Its also worth mentioning that drivers for the fast accelerated video cards are often unavailable, so much so that I've actually seen people advocating the use of Trident 8900 video as "viable." *groan*. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!silver.ucs.indiana.edu!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks Message-ID: <C0Cnwr.16L@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <BzF6Bv.3n8@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Dec17.224200.22219@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec23.235116.18812@husc3.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:02:50 GMT Lines: 18